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At first I didn't quite know what I would do with the book, other than read it over and over again. My distrust of history then was still strong, and I wanted to concentrate on the story for its own sake, rather than on the manuscript's scientific, cultural, anthropological, or 'historical' value. I was drawn to the author himself.

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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

There has been some mission drift here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of the main things I write about here are reading books, listening to (and playing) music, and watching the movies. Also I write about the work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.

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¿Qué ocurre?, dije yo. No ocurre nada, todo se ha acabado, dijo Albertito.

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February, 1984

It is good to know that Pieldivina's death in Savage Detectives is not part of the historical infrastructure of the book -- that he is alive and "in fact did not die a singularly depressing death of a brain tumor." He is (to my ear) a fantastic sculptor of syllables -- check out his poem "Tell them who you are", in both English (Brandon Holmquest's able rendering) and Spanish at that link.

posted evening of Sunday, November 27th, 2011
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(Note -- I think Holmquest is confusing Pieldivina with Ernesto San Epifanio/Darío Galicía -- the Pieldivina in the book dies after being shot by police, not of a brain tumor.)

posted evening of November 28th, 2011 by Jeremy

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